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August 5, 2024

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Revokes Plea Deal for 9/11 Guantánamo Prisoners
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed and two other men held at Guantánamo accused of plotting the
9/11 attacks. Under the deal, the three prisoners had agreed to plead
guilty and be sentenced to life in prison. But on Friday, Austin
rescinded the deal in a move that will put the death penalty back on the
table for the three men. We will have more on this story later in the
program.


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